A former minister of Macri said he does not see him as a candidate

Mauricio Macri’s former culture minister, Pablo Avelluto, said he does not see the former president as a candidate of Together for Change for this year’s general election. In addition, he accused Javier Milei of “right-wing populism.” I think Mauricio’s role is not going to be that of a candidate (…) He is an indisputable leader for our sector and I believe that his main contribution is his experience and his political vision,” said the former official, who was editor of Macri’s latest book, “For what,” and accompanied him during the presentation. Macri and Avelluto during the presentation of “Para qué”, the second book of the former president. In his statements to radio Rivadavia, Avelluto said that the PRO – “like all political forces” – “has the obligation of renewal, to generate a new offer for society.” “And to me, the one that attracts me the most, is that of Horacio. [Rodríguez Larreta]” he added. Days ago, the incorporation of the former minister to the team of the head of the Buenos Aires Government, officially pre-candidate for the presidency, was confirmed. When analyzing the internal space, which is divided, fundamentally, between those who align themselves with the mayor and those who are columned behind the former Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich, he observed: “There was always a very great tension in the PRO between a more modern sector and a more conservative one.” “I’m leaning towards the former,” he said, “but at the end of the road, I’m sure we’re all going to be together.” In another section of the report, Avelluto described as “enormously dangerous” the speech built by Deputy Javier Milei, pre-candidate for the presidency, whom, in addition, he accused of doing “right-wing populism.” “We have experienced the resounding failure of left-wing populism, I would not want us to now have to experience the resounding failure of right-wing populism, the problem is populism,” he said. And while he admitted that democracy “is indebted” to society, problems are solved “with more democracy.” Those promises of [Raúl] Alfonsin, who turns 40 today, that with democracy one eats, educates and heals, they have not been fulfilled. Of that deficit, those who have to take care of it are the Democrats,” he said. Let’s think about how to solve the problems of democracy with more democracy, as the countries we want to resemble have done,” he concluded.

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